Boundary Layer Measurements in Eastern Antarctica

这是一项基于成就的续订赠款，用于继续研究东南极的行星边界层。正在研究的区域相当大，会产生极不稳定的风，有时甚至会产生非常强的风。这项研究的主要工具是从海岸延伸到圆顶C的1000多公里的自动气象站链，以及沿着阿德利海岸的另一个链。还有几个仪表塔。此外，卫星微波图像将被用来研究海岸附近的海域，这些海域因卡塔比亚式的风而保持无冰。将投入更多的努力来尝试对重力驱动的风场进行建模，以试图更好地了解巨大变异性的来源。这是法国和澳大利亚南极计划与USARP之间更大合作的一部分。这笔助学金还提供一名本科生在本科生研究经验(REU)计划下的支持。

This is an Accomplishment-Based Renewal grant to continue research on the planetary boundary layer in East Antarctica. The region under study is quite large and generates extremely variable, and sometimes very strong winds. The main tools of the study are a chain of automatic weather stations stretching over 1,000 km from the coast to Dome C and another chain along the Adelie Coast. There are also several instrumented towers. In addition satellite microwave images will be used to study areas of the sea near the coast that are keep ice free by the katabatic winds. Increased effort will be put into attempting to model the gravity driven windfield to try to better understand the source of the great variability. This is a part of a much larger collaboration between the French and Australian Antarctic Programs and USARP. This grant also provides for the support of an undergraduate student under the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program.